Former Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand disqualified from membership of assembly
6 months, 1 week ago

Former Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand disqualified from membership of assembly

India TV News  

New Delhi: Former minister Raaj Kumar Anand has been disqualified from membership of the Delhi assembly, said Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Friday. Anand had resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party and the post of minister in the Delhi government in April to join the Bahujan Samaj Party. Raaj Kumar Anand joins BSP Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Anand had joined the Bahujan Samaj Party and had announced to contest polls from the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. An MLA from the Patel Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency, he won the 2020 Delhi Assembly Election from the Patel Nagar seat by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's Pravesh Ratn with a margin of over 30,000 votes.

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Delhi Assembly Election: AAP releases second list of 20 candidates, Manish Sisodia to contest from Jangpura
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Delhi Assembly Election: AAP releases second list of 20 candidates, Manish Sisodia to contest from Jangpura

India TV News  

Delhi Assembly Election 2025: The Aam Aadmi Party released the second list of 20 candidates on Monday. Shunty replaces sitting AAP MLA and Speaker in the outgoing Assembly Ram Niwas Goel, while Bittu has been fielded in place of Dilip Pandey, AAP's chief whip in the house. Here are some other takeaways from the AAP's second candidates list: 14 sitting …

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel retires from active politics, writes to AAP chief
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel retires from active politics, writes to AAP chief

Hindustan Times  

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Thursday informed Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in a letter about his decision to retire from electoral politics, citing his advancing age. Delhi Vidhan Sabha speaker Ram Niwas Goel, with current Delhi chief minister Atishi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Responding to the letter, AAP supremo and former Delhi chief …

Former MP Parvesh Verma to contest against Kejriwal in Delhi
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Former MP Parvesh Verma to contest against Kejriwal in Delhi

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The coveted New Delhi assembly seat is likely to witness a high-octane electoral contest in next assembly elections as the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to field former MP from West Delhi Parvesh Verma against the former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The candidature of Verma, a prominent Jat face in Delhi, is also the son of the …

Delhi Congress leader Mateen Ahmed joins AAP ahead of 2025 Assembly polls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Congress leader Mateen Ahmed joins AAP ahead of 2025 Assembly polls

India Today  

In a major setback for the Congress, veteran leader Mateen Ahmed joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections likely to take place in February 2025. The way Aam Aadmi Party is known for its work, Chowdhary Sahab has also earned respect in his area for similar efforts.” Ahmed’s son, Chaudhry Zubair Ahmad, and his …

AAP Gains Momentum in Delhi as Three-Time MLA Joins the Party
1 month, 3 weeks ago

AAP Gains Momentum in Delhi as Three-Time MLA Joins the Party

ABP News  

Senior leader and three-time MLA Brahm Singh Tanwar joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi on Thursday, in a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Tanwar is a big leader of Delhi who was a three-time MLA from Chhatarpur and Mehrauli constituencies. He will strengthen the AAP family, Kejriwal said.

Akash Anand’s clout in BSP re-established
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Akash Anand’s clout in BSP re-established

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party national coordinator Akash Anand is back in the reckoning in the party after he was removed from the key post of party national coordinator as well as her political successor by party chief Mayawati during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Senior BSP leaders Gaya Charan Dinkar and Raj Kumar Gautam confirmed that in the meeting it …

Somnath Bharti challenges Bansuri Swaraj's Lok Sabha victory in Delhi High Court, hearing on Monday
5 months ago

Somnath Bharti challenges Bansuri Swaraj's Lok Sabha victory in Delhi High Court, hearing on Monday

India TV News  

Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti on Saturday moved to the Delhi High Court challenging the election result at the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency in which he lost to BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj. Bansuri set Raaj Kumar Anand up: Bharti Bharti's plea gave details about the elections and their outcomes and claimed that Raaj Kumar Anand, who contested on …

Former AAP Minister Raaj Kumar Anand joins BJP
5 months, 1 week ago

Former AAP Minister Raaj Kumar Anand joins BJP

The Hindu  

Former Aam Aadmi Party Minister Raaj Kumar Anand, along with the party’s Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, joined the BJP on Wednesday. Several other AAP leaders, including city councillor Umed Singh Phogat and former AAP in-charge of Himachal Pradesh Ratnesh Gupta, also joined the BJP. The BJP’s strength has also reduced from eight to seven by one after Ramvir Singh …

Slew of AAP leaders, including MLA and councillor, join BJP
5 months, 1 week ago

Slew of AAP leaders, including MLA and councillor, join BJP

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The inductions took place at a press conference at the BJP’s national headquarters. Kartar Singh Tanwar, Chhatarpur MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party, and Raaj Kumar Anand, former Delhi minister and ex-AAP Patel Nagar MLA, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, striking a blow to the AAP ahead of next year’s state assembly elections. The duo were …

AAP Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, former Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand join BJP
5 months, 2 weeks ago

AAP Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, former Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand join BJP

India TV News  

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar and former Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the national capital. Raaj Kumar Anand left AAP in April Anand, who hails from the Dalit community, was a minister in the government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, …

Mayawati declares nephew 'successor' again, revokes earlier decision
6 months ago

Mayawati declares nephew 'successor' again, revokes earlier decision

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party president on Sunday declared nephew Akash Anand her successor and made him the party's national coordinator, reversing her own previous decision.In the middle of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7, she had termed Akash Anand immature and relieved him of the party post. After a national level meeting at the BSP state office here on …

BSP Chief Mayawati Reinstates Nephew Akash Anand As Her Successor
6 months ago

BSP Chief Mayawati Reinstates Nephew Akash Anand As Her Successor

News 18  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati reinstated her nephew Akash Anand as the party’s national coordinator and announced him as her successor on Sunday. “Mayawati has reinstated Akash Anand to his post and made him the National Coordinator,” BSP leader Sarwar Malik said confirming the development. #WATCH | Former Uttar Pradesh CM and BSP chief Mayawati holds a meeting with party …

Ex-AAP minister disqualified from assembly weeks after joining BSP
6 months, 1 week ago

Ex-AAP minister disqualified from assembly weeks after joining BSP

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Assembly on Friday disqualified former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Patel Nagar Raaj Kumar Anand from the assembly. An order disqualifying Anand as AAP MLA from Patel Nagar assembly constituency has been issued by the Delhi assembly today,” said Goel. During the Lok Sabha elections, Anand rebelled against the AAP and resigned as minister on …

AAP MLA Raaj Kumar Anand, who fought LS polls on BSP ticket, disqualified
6 months, 1 week ago

AAP MLA Raaj Kumar Anand, who fought LS polls on BSP ticket, disqualified

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Delhi assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel disqualified Aam Aadmi Party legislator Raaj Kumar Anand from the assembly on Friday, a move that comes five weeks after the former minister joined the Bahujan Samaj Party and contested the Lok Sabha elections from the New Delhi seat. Former Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who joined Bahujan Samaj Party, arrives to …

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls
6 months, 1 week ago

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

After the Bahujan Samaj Party’s dismal show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, supporters of the Dalit-centric party are demanding that its former national coordinator Akash Anand be given a prominent role yet again. Many BSP supporters took to X to demand a key role in party affairs for Mr. Anand, who was removed from the high-profile post of …

Chandrashekhar Azad emerges as new Dalit face in UP with massive win in Nagina
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandrashekhar Azad emerges as new Dalit face in UP with massive win in Nagina

India Today  

Dalit leader and Aazad Samaj Party candidate Chandrashekhar Azad on Tuesday won Uttar Pradesh's Nagina Lok Sabha constituency by over 1.5 lakh votes, defeating BJP's Om Kumar, according to the Election Commission. Samajwadi Party's Manoj Kumar, who was the INDIA bloc candidate, bagged 1,02,374 votes, and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Surendra Pal Singh received 13,272 votes. The firebrand leader formed …

Elections 2024 May 8 highlights: Sam Pitroda’s racist remarks reflects mindset, attitude of Rahul Gandhi’s mentor: Sitharaman
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elections 2024 May 8 highlights: Sam Pitroda’s racist remarks reflects mindset, attitude of Rahul Gandhi’s mentor: Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Launching an attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has alleged that the Congress party stopped its bitter criticism of Ambani and Adani ever since the Lok Sabha election notification was announced. They resorted to non-stop rhetoric against the Bharatiya Janata Party citing the names of “five industrialists” spreading false narratives in the last five years, he charged. In …

Why did BSP chief Mayawati remove her nephew Akash Anand as successor? Know details HERE
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why did BSP chief Mayawati remove her nephew Akash Anand as successor? Know details HERE

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday announced the removal of her nephew Akash Anand from the position of party's national coordinator and her political successor. The four-time Chief Minister said that Akash Anand's father Anand Kumar will continue to fulfill his responsibilities in the party and BSP will work …

Mayawati removes nephew Akash Anand as political heir, national coordinator
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati removes nephew Akash Anand as political heir, national coordinator

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Tuesday removed her nephew Akash Anand as her political heir and party’s National Coordinator, citing he needs to reach “maturity” before assuming these important roles. In the same sequence, along with promoting other people in the party, I declared Shri Akash Anand as the National Coordinator and successor, but in the larger interest of …

Mayawati removes nephew Akash Anand as her successor and BSP national coordinator: ‘Until he attains full maturity’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati removes nephew Akash Anand as her successor and BSP national coordinator: ‘Until he attains full maturity’

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Tuesday that her nephew Akash Anand has been removed as the national coordinator of the party and as her successor “in the larger interest of the party”. “I declared Akash Anand as the national coordinator of BSP and my successor, but in the larger interest of the party and …

Raaj Kumar Anand joins BSP, to contest New Delhi seat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Raaj Kumar Anand joins BSP, to contest New Delhi seat

Hindustan Times  

Former Delhi social welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who resigned from the Delhi cabinet and the Aam Aadmi Party a month ago, joined the Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday, terming his stint with the AAP a “bad dream”. He is likely to contest the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency on the party’s ticket. We did not see politics change, but …

Rahul Gandhi skips Amethi, files nomination from Rae Bareli
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi skips Amethi, files nomination from Rae Bareli

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has filed his Lok Sabha elections' nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, the family stronghold, which was vacated by Sonia Gandhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting for Lok Sabha polls, in Shimoga, Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi is already contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Kerala's Wayanad district. Rahul Gandhi, the incumbent MP from Kerala's …

Anand Sharma, Raj Babbar in Congress's new list of Lok Sabha candidates
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Anand Sharma, Raj Babbar in Congress's new list of Lok Sabha candidates

India Today  

Veteran Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Raj Babbar have been named in the party's latest list of candidates released on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections. While Anand Sharma has been fielded from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, Raj Babbar will be contesting from the Gurugram seat in Haryana. Anand Sharma was recently in the news for writing a letter to Congress …

Mayawati's BSP announces three more candidates for Lok Sabha elections, fields Nanhe Singh Chauhan from Amethi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mayawati's BSP announces three more candidates for Lok Sabha elections, fields Nanhe Singh Chauhan from Amethi

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party on Monday announced three more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in its 10th list. Smriti Irani had defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019 Lok Sabha elections by a margin of 56,000 votes. The Samajwadi Party will not be fielded its candidate in Amethi since it's in alliance …

Lok Sabha Elections: Targeting PM Modi, BJP would lead to retaliation, says Mayawati’s nephew Akash Anand
8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections: Targeting PM Modi, BJP would lead to retaliation, says Mayawati’s nephew Akash Anand

Live Mint  

Bahujan Samaj Party national coordinator Akash Anand has said attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the centre could lead to retaliation. Anand said that the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati choses to target politicians considering its benefits or damages for its people, the core voters. Anand, 28 is …

'I.N.D.I.A bloc 300 paar,' claims AAP leader Sanjay Singh in India TV Chunav Manch
8 months ago

'I.N.D.I.A bloc 300 paar,' claims AAP leader Sanjay Singh in India TV Chunav Manch

India TV News  

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh today said, he was hopeful the opposition INDIA bloc would cross 300 Lok Sabha seats in this Lok Sabha election. Asked who will be the best PM candidate if the opposition came to power among choices like Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee or Akhilesh Yadav, the AAP leader replied: “I can only say, …

'I Will Never Fight An Election': Mayawati's Heir Akash Anand | BSP | Lok Sabha Polls
8 months ago

'I Will Never Fight An Election': Mayawati's Heir Akash Anand | BSP | Lok Sabha Polls

Hindustan Times  

'I Will Never Fight An Election': Mayawati's Heir Akash Anand | BSP | Lok Sabha Polls With the Lok Sabha elections in full swing, the heir to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati speaks to Hindustan Times' national political editor Sunetra Choudhury about the party's plans and prospects in the ongoing polls. Akash Anand talks about the BJP-INDIA bloc fight, and …

Congress names its Delhi picks; Kanhaiya to take on Manoj Tiwari
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress names its Delhi picks; Kanhaiya to take on Manoj Tiwari

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Sunday named its Lok Sabha candidates for the three Delhi seats it is contesting as part of the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party, pitching Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi, JP Agarwal from Chandni Chowk and Udit Raj from North West Delhi. “Kumar’s candidature became almost certain after Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely told the …

Lok Sabha polls: AAP continues to battle amid crisis
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls: AAP continues to battle amid crisis

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party, which has governments in both Delhi and Punjab, is in the middle of a crisis ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Delhi minister leaves AAP Delhi social welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from his post as a minister and also from AAP accusing the party of corruption. No urgent hearing in SC on …

Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigns, quits AAP
8 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigns, quits AAP

The Hindu  

Delhi’s Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from his post and also gave up his primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party, saying he had joined a party that was born out of the movement against corruption but had itself got stuck in the “quicksand of corruption”. Mr. Anand’s is the first high-profile exit from AAP since …

Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand Resigns From Kejriwal Cabinet, Quits AAP Over Corruption
8 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand Resigns From Kejriwal Cabinet, Quits AAP Over Corruption

News 18  

Delhi Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand has resigned from the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet and the Aam Aadmi Party alleging that the party was “neck deep into corruption”. In a clear reference to the arrests of AAP leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy scam, he said, “I have handled seven portfolios …

AAP minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigns from govt, party citing corruption, more trouble for Kejriwal
8 months, 1 week ago

AAP minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigns from govt, party citing corruption, more trouble for Kejriwal

Hindustan Times  

Delhi social welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from his post as a minister and also from the Aam Aadmi Party accusing the party of corruption. Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigned from his post and also from the Aam Aadmi Party citing corruption, "Arvind Kejriwal once said at Ramlila Maidan, Jantar Mantar 'the country will change if …

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power

Hindustan Times  

Young leadership is taking centre stage in Dalit politics around the country and certainly in Uttar Pradesh. Anand launched his campaign on April 6 from the Muslim-Dalit dominated Nagina constituency from where another upcoming Dalit leader, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is contesting his first Lok Sabha election as the nominee of four-year-old Azad Samaj Party that he founded in …

BSP’s Akash Anand kicks off campaign, pitches ‘positive politics’ based on justice for marginalised sections
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BSP’s Akash Anand kicks off campaign, pitches ‘positive politics’ based on justice for marginalised sections

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party national coordinator Akash Anand on Saturday kicked off his Lok Sabha election campaign from the Nagina parliamentary seat in western Uttar Pradesh. Without naming him, Mr. Anand targeted Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad for “misleading Dalit youths” and ruining their careers by involving them in protests that led to cases being registered against them. Mr. Anand …

What Bijnor was for Mayawati, will Nagina be for Akash Anand?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

What Bijnor was for Mayawati, will Nagina be for Akash Anand?

Hindustan Times  

Exactly 35 years ago in 1989, a fiercely combative young Dalit lady had chosen to enter the electoral contest in a political landscape that was largely dominated by the Congress and an increasingly assertive Bharatiya Janata Party. Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand The battle ground for this contest was the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency and …

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick
9 months ago

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party Dalit MP Sangeeta Azad, who represents the Lalganj seat in East UP, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on Monday evening. BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick Her joining came on a day when top ruling party leaders, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and …

Bassi Pathana’s former Congress MLA Gurpreet Singh GP joins Aam Aadmi Party
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bassi Pathana’s former Congress MLA Gurpreet Singh GP joins Aam Aadmi Party

The Hindu  

In a setback to the Congress, its former MLA Gurpreet Singh GP on March 9 joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, in Chandigarh. Mr. Singh was elected as an MLA from the Bassi Pathana Assembly constituency seat in Fatehgarh Sahib district in 2017. Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, while welcoming Mr. …

Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati's BSP faces uphill battle in UP amid three-way fight with NDA, INDIA bloc
10 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati's BSP faces uphill battle in UP amid three-way fight with NDA, INDIA bloc

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The recently announced seat-sharing agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress presents challenges for the Bahujan Samaj Party, led by Mayawati, as it navigates a triangular contest in Uttar Pradesh against the NDA and INDIA bloc for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The opposition alliance has designated 63 Lok Sabha seats for the SP and other constituent parties, while …

Delhi court allows AAP leader Sanjay Singh to collect Rajya Sabha member certificate
11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi court allows AAP leader Sanjay Singh to collect Rajya Sabha member certificate

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh to collect his member certificate of Rajya Sabha from the returning officer on January 12. Singh, who is currently under judicial custody, had filed a nomination form for one of the three seats in Rajya Sabha. Singh, who is currently under judicial custody, had filed a nomination form …

Mayawati Designates Nephew Akash Anand as Political Heir in BSP Transition
1 year ago

Mayawati Designates Nephew Akash Anand as Political Heir in BSP Transition

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has officially designated her nephew Akash Anand as her political heir, as announced by Udayveer Singh, the chief of the BSP's district unit in Shahjahanpur. Singh informed reporters that Mayawati declared Akash Anand responsible for strengthening the party organization nationwide, excluding Uttar Pradesh. Akash Anand, aged 28, entered politics ahead of the 2019 Lok …

Who is Raaj Kumar Anand, Delhi minister raided by ED today?
1 year, 1 month ago

Who is Raaj Kumar Anand, Delhi minister raided by ED today?

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Raaj Kumar Singh. The development comes on a day when Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is to be questioned by the ED in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam. Raaj Kumar Anand As per reports, the raids are part of a ‘money laundering …

Netaji Subhas Bose's grandnephew quits BJP, cites lack of support
1 year, 3 months ago

Netaji Subhas Bose's grandnephew quits BJP, cites lack of support

India Today  

Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, citing a lack of support from the party's central leadership and the West Bengal leadership in promoting Netaji's ideology. In his letter addressed to BJP chief JP Nadda, Chandra Bose stated, "When I joined the BJP, I was promised that I would …

'Muh mein Ram, bagal mein…': Mayawati on opposition's Patna meet; RLD bails out
1 year, 6 months ago

'Muh mein Ram, bagal mein…': Mayawati on opposition's Patna meet; RLD bails out

Hindustan Times  

As the mega meet of the Opposition parties in Patna on June 23 gathers steam, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Thursday clarified her stance against an opposition alliance. RLD president Jayant Chaudhary has also written to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expressing his inability to participate in the Patna meeting because of a pre-decided family programme. The mega meeting …

Who is ‘bahubali‘ Anand Mohan Singh, ex-MP and murder case convict freed today
1 year, 7 months ago

Who is ‘bahubali‘ Anand Mohan Singh, ex-MP and murder case convict freed today

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh on Thursday walked out of the Saharsa jail amid hue and cry from the opposition and other sections of the society. Bihar People's Party founder Anand Mohan Singh with his wife and former MP Lovely Anand. Who is Anand Mohan Singh, convicted in the murder of a Dalit IAS officer G Krishnaiah, and why is his …

Why Mayawati forgave Atiq in January despite guest house horror, Raju Pal's murder
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Mayawati forgave Atiq in January despite guest house horror, Raju Pal's murder

India Today  

In 1995, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was running his government with support from the BSP of Kanshiram and his successor, Mayawati. Mayawati welcomed Atiq’s wife, Shaista Parveen, into the BSP and said she would be the party’s candidate for the post of Prayagraj’s Mayor. After the police named Atiq, Ashraf, Asad, Shaista and others, for Umesh Pal’s murder, …

\"Disqualified MP\": Rahul Gandhi updates Twitter bio
1 year, 8 months ago

\"Disqualified MP\": Rahul Gandhi updates Twitter bio

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday updated his Twitter account bio to 'Dis'Qualified MP' after he was disqualified as a Member of Parliament following the Surat court order convicting him in a criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark. According to sources, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday will hold a day-long 'Sankalp Padyatra' near Raj Ghat …

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: Big wins for BJP's Bhupendra Patel, Hardik Patel; no luck for AAP's Isudan Gadhvi
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: Big wins for BJP's Bhupendra Patel, Hardik Patel; no luck for AAP's Isudan Gadhvi

Firstpost  

The heavyweights in the fray in Gujarat included Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, BJP’s Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor, Congress’ Jignesh Mevani and AAP’s Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia. Catch all the live updates from the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh counting Bhupendra Patel BJP’s incumbent chief minister Bhupendra Patel won big from Ghatlodia, the urban constituency in Ahmedabad city. In the …

Dalit group led by Chandrashekhar Azad likely to join hands with Samajwadi Party
2 years ago

Dalit group led by Chandrashekhar Azad likely to join hands with Samajwadi Party

The Hindu  

Days ahead of the byelections in Mainpuri Lok Sabha and on two Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, the support extended by the Azad Samaj Party to the Samajwadi Party clearly hints that the Dalit group is likely to join hands with the SP before the 2024 General elections. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan has campaigned for Madan Bhaiya, …

Delhi CM Kejriwal recommends Raaj Kumar Anand for Cabinet berth after Rajendra Pal Gautam's resignation
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi CM Kejriwal recommends Raaj Kumar Anand for Cabinet berth after Rajendra Pal Gautam's resignation

Firstpost  

A first-time MLA, who won from the Patel Nagar constituency in 2020, Anand, also from the Jatav community like Gautam, is a postgraduate in political science and joined the anti-corruption movement along with his wife Veena Anand in 2011 New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he has recommended Patel Nagar MLA Raaj Kumar Anand’s name to the …

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